Heritage and coexistence: in Fes, two museums bring the memories of Morocco into dialogue

With the opening of the Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture, the Mellah of Fes welcomes an institution dedicated to more than 2,500 years of history. About a hundred metres from the Al-Batha Palace, which houses the Museum of Islamic Arts, manuscripts, ritual objects, costumes, and artisanal know-how bear witness to a heritage deeply rooted in Moroccan society. Beyond the proximity of the two establishments, it is the entire richness of a shared cultural history that finds a new expression here.
In Fes, it is now enough to walk a hundred metres to go from a museum dedicated to the arts of Islam to another dedicated to Moroccan Jewish culture. This proximity, in the heart of a city whose history bears the imprint of several traditions, gives a particular resonance to the opening of the new establishment. Above all, it allows for the understanding, through two distinct paths, of components…